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      "de": "Brüdergemeine – Geschichte, Gegenwart und Netzwerk",
      "en": "Moravian Church – history, present and network"
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        "de": "Weltweite Brüder-Unität",
        "en": "Worldwide Moravian Unity"
      },
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        "de": "Dezentral in Provinzen organisierte internationale protestantische Kirche mit historischen Wurzeln in der böhmischen Reformation und der erneuerten Brüdergemeine in Herrnhut.",
        "en": "International Protestant church organised in decentralised provinces, with roots in the Bohemian Reformation and the renewed community at Herrnhut."
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      "parentOrganization": "https://polismedia.de/geo-herrnhut/#worldwide-moravian-unity",
      "leadershipLocations": ["Herrnhut", "Bad Boll", "Zeist"],
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        "de": "Herrnhut ist keine hierarchische Weltzentrale der dezentralen Brüder-Unität.",
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      "name": {"de": "Beginn der Siedlung Herrnhut", "en": "Beginning of the Herrnhut settlement"},
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      "id": "renewal-1727",
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      "name": {"de": "Erinnerungsdatum der erneuerten Brüder-Unität", "en": "Defining date of the renewed Moravian Church"},
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      "id": "mission-1732",
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      "name": {"de": "Beginn der internationalen Mission", "en": "Beginning of international mission"},
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      {"id": "diversity", "de": "Vielfalt leben, Grenzen überwinden", "en": "Live diversity and cross boundaries"},
      {"id": "community", "de": "In Gemeinschaft leben, Einzelne wertschätzen", "en": "Live in community and value each person"},
      {"id": "faith-in-practice", "de": "Glauben leben, Hoffnung weitergeben", "en": "Put faith into practice and share hope"},
      {"id": "heritage-future", "de": "Aus dem Erbe schöpfen, Zukunft gestalten", "en": "Draw on heritage and shape the future"}
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    "source": "https://www.ebu.de/leitbild",
    "caveat": {
      "de": "Das heutige Leitbild ist nicht rückwirkend als Beschreibung des Handelns in allen historischen Epochen zu verwenden.",
      "en": "The present mission statement must not be projected backwards as a description of conduct in every historical period."
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        "de": "Kulturell und historisch mit der Brüdergemeine und Herrnhut verbunden, aber weder identisch mit der Kirche noch Bestandteil des UNESCO-Welterbes.",
        "en": "Culturally and historically related to the Moravian Church and Herrnhut, but neither identical with the church nor a component of the UNESCO property."
      },
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      "timeCoverage": "18th–19th centuries",
      "coreClaim": {
        "de": "Die heutige Ausstellung benennt, dass Missionare in der Karibik zu lange am System der Sklaverei festhielten.",
        "en": "The current exhibition states that Moravian missionaries in the Caribbean accommodated themselves to slavery for too long."
      },
      "source": "https://www.ebu.de/ausstellung-herrnhut",
      "evidenceType": "current institutional acknowledgement"
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    {
      "id": "national-socialism",
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      "coreClaim": {
        "de": "Breite Begeisterung und Anpassung in Herrnhut und Teilen der Brüdergemeine sind belegt; individuelle Unterschiede begründen keine institutionelle Widerstandserzählung.",
        "en": "Broad enthusiasm and accommodation in Herrnhut and parts of the church are documented; individual differences do not support an institutional resistance narrative."
      },
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        "https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303646607_Pietismus_im_Sozialismus_Die_Herrnhuter_Brudergemeine_in_der_DDR_Kritische_Studien_zur_Geschichtswissenschaft_Band_186_Gottingen_Vandenhoeck_Ruprecht_2009"
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      "caveat": "A local election result must not be treated as proof of institutional or individual church membership."
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        "en": "Worship, social care and international relations continued under pressure; relations with the state included adaptation, negotiation, limited autonomy and disadvantage."
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